The author is asserting a non-scientific critical and semi-satirical opinion about the politicization and corruption of science and scientific institutions for profit by the New Establishment ? akin to a Jon Stewart rant. A two second search would have yielded the following?

From NASA: ?The current warming trend is of particular significance because most of it is extremely likely (greater than 95% probability) to be the result of human activity since the mid-20th century and proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented over millennia.? Source: